Zee and Sony — two of the biggest television networks in the country — have agreed to merge their businesses to create a $2 billion media powerhouse. The sudden announcement, which was ma...

Punit Goenka is battling for control over Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd (ZEEL) as the managing director and chief executive officer of the Rs 7730 crore broadcasting outfit tries to fight off deman...

As a child growing up in the Calcutta of the late 1960s and early 1970s, August 15 was the day to listen to tales of derring-do on part of sundry elderly relatives — some dead, some then still a...

Seven decades have passed since Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose went missing on this date in 1945, with many historians suggesting that he might have died in a plane crash, but the recurring demand to brin...

Retired schoolteacher Subhash Chandra Kundu, who taught physics for free to needy children with merit and had become an institution by himself in North 24-Parganas’ Basirhat, died on Friday nigh...

There is a twist in the tale: the little brother is stepping in to bail out his debt-laden elder sibling. Jawahar Lal Goel, the promoter and managing director of Dish TV India Ltd, has offered a size...

The number of active Covid-19 cases in Bengal rose by 70 on Wednesday, taking the count to 3,782. The state on Wednesday recorded 462 new infections and 334 recoveries. ...

Today is the 90th death anniversary of Bhagat Singh. He was one of the tallest revolutionary freedom fighters, sacrificing his life at the age of 23. Many other revolutionaries died even younger. But ...

The Odisha Assembly on Saturday witnessed an uproar over the alleged suicide attempt by a BJP legislator in the House on Friday.  Deogarh BJP lawmaker Subhash Chandra Panigrahi on Friday had tri...

Amid a spike in coronavirus infections in Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka and Telangana, the West Bengal government on Wednesday made it mandatory for passengers travelling in flights from these states...